Lord of War

Chapter 835 Gones

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When the eastern sky opened slightly, Zero had already woken up. Pushing the door out of the house, the whole Asak village was full of busy smell. Some female Asaks are cooking food, while men pull a lot of ready-made wood from outside the village for burning. Their lives are still very primitive and do not use special tools. The food was thrown into a few large pots, and the bottom was made into a stone stove.

But Ling clearly remembers that the powerful crossbow used by Gao Ge is not primitive at all. The rate of fire and penetration that makes the blade hunter unable to react is the level that can only be achieved by using a special system. Normally, the Assaks had passed the life of this primitive tribe.

"Are you very interested in our life?" Gao Ge came out of the house and couldn't help saying when he saw Ling looking at the village under the tree.

Zero smiled and said, "Understanding the life of a group is conducive to understanding its habits so that it can make better communication. I think so."

Gauge showed a thoughtful expression: "You are very reasonable. You can indeed see many habits and traces of a group in terms of living habits. It's just that there are not many human beings like you who are willing to communicate with us now, otherwise, there will not be so many wars.

Zero nodded in agreement that the dispute between humans and aliens may stem from the lack of resources. But this will not be the only fuse, but more from the mutual *, mistrust and even the eventual outbreak of war between two different forms of life.

"They will deliver the food soon. If you want to know more, come with me." Gao Ge waved and invited Ling to enter his house.

In addition to Gao Ge, there is another Asack woman in the tree house, who should be Gao Ge's wife. To be honest, it is still impossible to distinguish between Assak men and women. From the appearance alone, the difference between them is not big. Women are shorter than men, but their external characteristics are almost the same. When Gao Ge said something to his wife in the language of her own tribe, the woman nodded and withdrew from the tree house.

After a moment, she came in with a wooden plate with some cooked steaks on it. After putting down the plate of food, Gao Ge's wife left again, and there were only two people left in the room.

Gao Ge picked up a slice of steak and sent it to his mouth: "Eat it."

Zero looked at the plate, and there were no other dining tools except for the steak. And judging from the color of the steak, it doesn't even have any seasoning, just cooked. He picked a small piece and put it in his mouth to chew. I only feel that the meat is rough and the fiber is thick, so it is difficult to swallow. In addition, there is no seasoning, not to mention the meat fragrance, and there is even a kind of bitterness in the mouth.

Just out of courtesy, Zero still ate this steak. Gao Ge saw this and laughed loudly: "You human beings are definitely not used to our food. Not to mention you, even other clans, especially the Amandas, are very puzzled that we maintain such a tradition."

The chief of the Assak clan looked solemn and said, "But they forgot how hard we lived on this land after the disaster and what price we paid to achieve today's scale. Too comfortable days have made them forget their nature, especially the special bloodline of the Amanda people, and their habits and life have gradually moved closer to the human side.

paused, and he said, "Of course, I'm not saying that such a change must be bad. It's just that we Asaks maintain a primitive life out of our own habits to warn the people not to relax their vigilance against the world.

Gao Ge stood up and found a leather bag from a box in the room, which was the only appliance in the whole wooden house that could put things. The bag was tied with a straw rope, and Gao Ge threw it to Zero and said, "This is Ba Jin, the patriarch of the Amanda people. The gift given to me last time we met was a natural miracle that made food delicious. I can't use it all the time. I'll use it for you.

Open zero, and there are salt-like powders inside. They were slightly sprinkled on one of the steaks, and the powder quickly penetrated into the meat. With another bite, the meat became less rough, and it had a salty taste and a faint smell of licorice. Sure enough, the taste of the food became much more delicious.

At this time, the sound of flying birds flapping their wings sounded outside the room. Gao Ge went out, and Zero saw that kind of dark falcon fall into Gao Ge's hand. The falcon chirped, and Zero noticed that its call was regular. After shouting three times in a row, Gao Ge waved his hand and it flew away. The head of the Asak clan looked at Zero and said, "There is news from the Holy Temple that they have agreed to let you participate in the battle of the warriors!"

Zero1, things went a little beyond his expectation.

At the same time, at the foot of Mount Heishan, two figures walked next to each other. When he came to the shore of the Great Lake, one of the short figures stopped, and the man took off his cloak hat, revealing a teenager's face. Another tall man stepped forward and pressed his head and said, "What are you thinking, Gilutan?"

"Father, that..." Giroutan raised his head: "Why did the black prince go there in person? He is the elder of the shadow clan and the strongest warrior of the whole shadow clan. Is he just going to defeat zero?

"I don't think it's that simple either." Ba Jin, the patriarch of the Amanda people, simply sat down, took off his hat, scratched his head and said, "That guy has always been a gloomy person, and it is rare for him to do it with others. It's always strange to be so positive now. However, during the period of your departure, there were some unconfirmed rumors from the shadow clan.

Girutan's expedition: "What rumor?"

"The shadow clan is almost finished." Barkin said softly.

But this sentence passed in Giroudan's ear like thunder: "Why, how could this happen?"

"I don't know if it's true or not? It seems that he was abandoned by the god of darkness. Now most of the shadow people can't afford to get sick, and only the black prince still acts as usual. Ba Jin picked up a stone and threw it into the lake: "There is a saying that there is a saying that the wind comes from the hole, but there may be no reason. It is not surprising that there will be such rumors in the shadow clan. One is that in the past two years, there have been no other shadow clans except the black xiao, although their number is not many; the second is that since the human girl you brought used the seeds of that year, the shadow clan has never given us seeds in the past two years, let alone It's the holy medicine."

Jiltan opened his eyes wide and whispered, "If the rumor is true, then once the shadow clan falls..."

"The holy temple is finished." Ba Jin said his heart for his son: "I think the black sling can't wait to go out by himself this time. I'm afraid it's not as simple as defeating your human friend. It's just that what he is thinking is not what I can think of.

Girutan closed his eyes and said after a moment, "Father, hold a coming-of-age ceremony for me when you go back."

"What?"

Bakin didn't believe his ears. He looked at his son and said, "You finally..."

"From the current situation, whether it is human beings or us, the next situation will become very complicated. Anyway, I'm also a part of the Amanda people. Maybe..." Giroudan looked into the water and seemed to be able to see the silver-haired figure from the lake of the Holy Lake. It was just that the wind blew by and soon blew away the shadow of the man in the lake: "Maybe it's time for me to grow up."

It's already afternoon, and you can see that a simple ring has been built in the center of the village. After receiving the news of the Holy Temple this morning, Gao Ge ordered the clan to build a ring. When they heard that the Hundred Warriors Fighting Competition was going to be held, the Asaks who advocated courage and strength were very excited. The man poured into the woods, put down the towering trees, cut them into logs and dragged them back, and then used wood and straw ropes to build this hexagonal ring in one time.

The two totem poles placed on the altar were also moved to the southeast corner of the ring. The totem poles were inserted into the ground and then pressed and fixed with stones. When these were completed, the Assacs shouted with excitement.

Gao Ge nodded to zero, indicating that he could start.

Zero took off the tactical kit used for camouflage, and finally even changed the tactical suit to wear the Assassian animal skin vest and short coat. Gaoge's wife personally put shoes made of straw rope for Zero, and then made a round totem on Zero's forehead with tree juice and lime. Gog told Zero that for every time he defeated an Asak warrior, he would have one more totem. When his whole body is covered with hundreds of totems, he is the whole black earth, a warrior that all aliens must recognize.

Zero is speechless, and the totem on his body also plays the role of scoring.

Follow Gao Ge down the tree house and came to the field of the village. The ring is already full of Assak men, and they can go to the ring to challenge zero at any time. As for women, they stayed in the tree house like Gao Ge's wife and watched the event silently.

Zero is a human, and the Assac people have no preference for human beings. But they revere the warriors. Whether Zero can eventually become a warrior, the courage to come to the village of the Assakhs alone and stand on the ring alone has won their respect.

Gauge and Ling stood on the ring together. He raised Ling's hand, roared a few times in tribal language, and said to Ling, "It's time to start."

The ceremony is outrageably simple, which should also be related to the simple style of the Azak people. Do as the Romans do, nod and agree. Gao Ge whispered, "If you can defeat 99 people, then I will fight with you in person."

"I won't let you wait too long." Zero said.

Gao Ge's step down means that the fighting can be started. What made Zero laugh and cry was that the Azaks scrambled to come to power and compete with themselves. However, in the tradition of warriors, there can only be one person at a time, so in order to compete for who will be the first to come to power, the Assaks almost fought by themselves. Finally, Gao Ge stopped them, and then a man dressed like a priest asked people to lift out a big pot full of skulls of various creatures. At a glance, I saw that most of them were animal bones, and a few were Assac skulls. These skulls are painted with some symbols with black paint, but they are more blank.

Under the shout of the priest, the Azak people gathered next to the cauldron and grabbed a skull. The person who caught the symbol on the skull shouted excitedly, and the person without the symbol lowered his head.

Zero relief, it turned out that they were drawing lots.